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More gays need to come out of the closet and work together to get governments to allow gay marriage as a Civil and Human right around the world and if every LGBT person and their supporters came out to push for this right and freedom they could make it happen. There are enough gays and their supporters today that if they all came out and worked together and made a push together now. gay marriage would be a reality today and not later.

except NOTHING in Jim Parson’s actions at any time has been “hiding from shame”. It’s barely even been “discreet”.

He is constantly seen in public with his better half. He acknowledges his BF publicly at award ceremonies. What is “discreet” about that? how does that even come close to a fictional “line” between discretion and shame?

I wasn’t talking about him, Mikey. Other celebs do hide and those brave enough to live openly help to counteract this. Interviews always ask personal questions. Rightly or wrongly, sexuality is a popular topic. Surely he was merely being truthful rather than making a big political statement.

That is utter bollocks.
Who I happen to sleep with is none of yours, or anybody else’s business, and it should be the same for everyone else, whatever line of work they happen to be in. People should only come out to those they feel comfortable with; otherwise there is simply no need.

I think its his choice if he want to scream it out load or not, and hes choose not to, it is his private life after all. Hes never denied been gay or pretended to be straight (as far as I know), so why not lave him be? Besides just cus hes not screaming it does not mean he cart be a positive role model, I know loads of gays who dont deny it but dort tell every they meet.

Who cares if he’s gay or not? The sooner we stop caring about it and stop making it such a big deal the sooner the rest of society will. Good on him for not making a big deal out of it and for goodness sake reporters just stay out of his personal life.

There is nothing wrong with telling people you’re gay. I came out because of a high profile celeb talking about being gay. Things THEY said made me realise that I should come out and tell my family. If I hadn’t read their interview I may never have done so and that would just be awful because I’d have continued to live a lie.

When those like Jim do this it helps those who haven’t plucked up the courage to step out, especially the young.

We also need to be out and proud to the straight community. We’ve spent long enough hiding away. THEY don’t so why should we. If we’d continued to hide away as you seem to think we should, not sharing with others then we wouldn’t have the rights we have now.

If Hollywood is so homophobic why do they have more gay characters on TV than we do? And they have plenty of gay actors too. It’s never done John Barrowman any harm and he works both here and ion the US!

I think ‘Hollywood’ usually refers to the movie business, not TV. And while US TV is moving pretty fast, I’m not sure they do actually have more gay characters than British TV now that all the soaps have gay roles – certainly not network US TV.

Oh, come on. I’ve never even heard of this guy and I could tell just by looking at the pics! Is everyone blind as well as dumb? As I’ve said before, ALL actors are gay or bi. I have never known a totally ‘straight’ actor in my 40 years as an actor myself.

Yeah, you say a lot of stupid things that no one believes in. If you’re that desperate to improve your crippled self esteem you could just buy a book rather than putting it all on the responsibility of actors you’ve never met.

Actually I disagree with Michael Musto. I think we need more people like this who never come out because they are never in the closet in the first place and who just carry on as normal. Surely that’s how it should be.

He was never in. He proposed to his boyfriend last year at an aards show, that might have been a hint that he was gay!

The problem with Hollywood is that unless an actor/actress actually says the words ‘I’m gay’ they arent, even if they have a same sex partner, are married to them and have been seen in a sex tape with them. Its stupid.

There’s a little bit of Sheldon in any Gay man who ever existed and if you don’t agree you have never watched Big Bang Theory.
Anyone who hadn’t accepted that Jim Parsons was and is Gay really should take a trip to a certain High ST. purveyor of Optic Aids.

I fail to see any merit whatever in this latest ” announcement” which is no such thing. Would be there as much fuss if the same profile was about a straight dude and at the end of the piece his wife and number of kids would invariably be mentioned. To make more of this mention of the bleedin obvious reeks of slow news day……..,

“While his privacy has been praised by some, others, such as Michael Musto for Out magazine, want him, and others like him, to come out loud and proud, calling it “the honourable — and sensible — thing to do.””

While I question the relevancy of the entire article, the above is sort of like saying ‘his mother would like him to eat more vegetables, while others praise his support of food trucks.’ Why does someone’s coming out story need opinion on how well (or not) the subject has come out?

And why is Michael Musto an arbitrator of how someone should live his or her life?

If we ever hope to get society at large to treat us with dignity and respect– if we ever hope to attain equality– we MUST be visible, open and honest.
I’m glad he’s finally officially out, because failing to deny that you are gay isn’t at all the same thing as casting off your shame and proclaiming it proudly.
I’m really surprised at the number of people saying it doesn’t matter: it matters a LOT. The straight world has to see that there are too many of us to ignore.

I have to agree with you Sam. When Richard Chamberlain stated that NO actor should come out as it will destroy their career frankly ticked me off! When someone, who is high profile, comes out it helps those who haven’t yet, especially the young. And as you say, if we want to be accepted as human beings then we need to be out and proud, not hiding in our wardrobes with the clothing and moths!

no offense to him but it was kinda obvious that he was gay. though more importantly, it is up to him to decide wether or not to tell the world abotu his private life. If he doesnt want to then thats his perogative and shame on anyone who tries to pressure him into spilling the details

I think it does matter if famous people like this come out publicly. The Big Bang Theory is a big show in the US. Imagine a gay teenager struggling to accept his sexuality and then finds out that his favourite actor is gay, it might make a big difference. So I think the more actors and pop stars etc. who come out, the better.

the headline states he has come out as gay, yet the quote in the final paragraph leads me to believe that he hasnt come out as gay. there are actually no mentions of him coming out in the article. so whats with the headline?

for me the fact that im gay is such a small detail its like james may and dappy finding common ground over the fact that they are both men. when people dont want to make a fuss could that in its self not be a good thing for equality? how often do we find ourselfs going through james mays bins for ben & jerrys empties? or is it ok to persecute gay men if you are one?

I’ve always been curious.. how is one “proud” to be gay? Like “proud” to be heterosexual… or proud to be white? I can understand wanting to defend oneself against discrimination, but being “proud” of something you did nothing to achieve and is just a matter of fact.. well.. not sure that’s a winner.